Disconnected router antenna yet I still see the SSID?

[Kahlo kahlow]

Hi, so I own 2 routers that are connected via LAN-LAN and I've decided to physically disconnect the first router antenna to not have some signal interference with the second one. I opened the router, I found the cable connected to the antenna and I disconnected it yet I can still connect via wifi to the first router. Is there something I'm missing? It's kind of weird. Is it possible that there's like an integrated antenna or something and the external one is just to boost the signal?

 

[mcnumpty23]

why didnt you just disable its wifi in configuration page?

could be an internal antenna or could just be the wire you disconnected acting as an antenna

will still see the ssid if really close to it if thats the case

 

[Kahlo kahlow]

why didnt you just disable its wifi in configuration page?

could be an internal antenna or could just be the wire you disconnected acting as an antenna

will still see the ssid if really close to it if thats the case

I can't configure it with using a browser because my ISP doesn't want us to change the configurations therefore I just disconnected it. Also there's just 1 internal cable in the whole router and it's the one that I can see going into the antenna. But I guess there's an internal one. The cable plug even looks like the ones in the wifi cards in laptops. Also I'm about 3 and half meters away from the router.

 

[Kahlo kahlow]

I am also having slower connection for some reasons... This is really weird. It's supposed to reduce the interference so that both routers don't use the same frequency, yet I have a slower connection now... I guess I'll just plug it back in.

 

[mcnumpty23]

never heard of an isp that didnt allow you to go into the router configuration page before

what if your neighbours wifi had the same ssid as you?

you would need to change yours

 

[Kahlo kahlow]

never heard of an isp that didnt allow you to go into the router configuration page before

what if your neighbours wifi had the same ssid as you?

you would need to change yours

I know. And it sucks. That's why I'm thinking of buying a new router to put it in between the ISP router and the modem. Like that I can have total control. But I don't mind about the SSID since I am connected to my second router and I have control of it but since it doesn't have a WAN port I cannot put it in between the ISP router and the modem so I can to put it after the ISP router.

 

[mcnumpty23]

glad in the uk you can do whatever you like in the config page

i dont even use the router my isp supplied its still in the box some where or other

 

[Kahlo kahlow]

glad in the uk you can do whatever you like in the config page

i dont even use the router my isp supplied its still in the box some where or other

It's not like this for everyone. It can be the policy of just a couple of ISP's. The reason why I am kind of forced to use the ISP router is because I pay for a internet+phone plan. The ISP provided router has phone ports on it and I can barely find any other on the internet and I don't even know how to configure it for the phone. So instead, I will another router, plus the modem into the wan of my new router, plus a LAN to WAN on the other router and it should work better.

 

[bill001g]

In general you will not get signal interference unless it is being used. This is part of the myth that you can select a wireless channel to use by looking for the fewest SSID from other routers. The transmission of the SSID is extremely little bandwidth. It matter a lot more if someone connects to a SSID and uses a lot of data. There is no easy way to see actual data usage.

But what that means is you can pretty much ignore the extra SSID transmissions from your ISP supplied router. I would hope you can change the password so you can prevent someone from actually using it.

 

[Kahlo kahlow]

In general you will not get signal interference unless it is being used. This is part of the myth that you can select a wireless channel to use by looking for the fewest SSID from other routers. The transmission of the SSID is extremely little bandwidth. It matter a lot more if someone connects to a SSID and uses a lot of data. There is no easy way to see actual data usage.

But what that means is you can pretty much ignore the extra SSID transmissions from your ISP supplied router. I would hope you can change the password so you can prevent someone from actually using it.

Oh... I see. Because currently we're all connected to the router we own and no one is in the ISP one. But from what you said it does not matter because it has close to no interference to our router. Well thank you for this info.